ENGLISH:Zone of Hesitations is a research and performance project by the choreographers’ collective RISK (Ida-Elisabeth Larsen, Gry Raaby, Marie-Louise Stentebjerg and Marie Topp) supported by Dansehallerne, the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at Copenhagen University and Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Zone of Hesitations takes place at Copenhagen University and will manifest as simultaneous workspace, art piece and a place for sharing practices and knowledges among peers. At given times, and through various formats, we lend ourselves and our artistic process to the students from the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, the professional dance art community surrounding Dansehallerne as well as the more general public.

The project was first launched during the performance festival Works at Work: Group Works in Okt. 2016. Here we presented our manifesto Collective Pace (http://risk.nu/works/collective-pace/)which contained different reflections on the eroding consequences it has when you willingly subjugate yourself to near impossible productions circumstances, artist ego’s and the restless hunt for opportunity. The presentation of the manifesto marked the beginning of a year in contemplation. An act of withdrawal! A re-orientation of the collective away from the production based processes towards the more immaterial conversations driven solely by solidarity and artistic intent.

Zone of Hesitations marks the end of this year! As a collective we turn towards the supporting institutions and their infrastructures once again. With us we carry a zone of hesitant and continuous poetry, which rejects the demand for finalized products, stagnant categorization and clear cut conclusions.